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Design Cinema Podcast EP 6 - Learning On Your Own
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- Опубліковано 3 бер 2016
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I love the fact that this guy is real, he is not trying to fluff it. Most artists online would say that you don't have to put in so much work into it, and this guy is saying to dedicate 5-6 hours a day. Thanks so much for the advice.
5-6 hours a day sound reasonable, some people I heard studying 12-14 hours a day meh... I think it's not possible, at the least in the long run
@@simonegreco4620Several peer reviewed studies show, that you don't get much out of the hours you study, after the 6/8th hour.
So it is very rarely worth spending more time. 🖖🏻
A note about the 5-6 hour a day thing. Research suggests that you should take a 10-15 minute break every 45 minutes or so. Obviously, it doesn't have to be exactly every 45 minutes, but I think you'll find yourself able to work for longer and practice more effectively. It's also extremely important for mental health.
it feels so good when Feng is relaxed and not pressured to do videos regularly
it was a great decision to go for podcast
+saeideh rad Agree !!
+saeideh rad Much better. Listen to this like it's music.
The guy have a professional school, a career and he still give so much back to designer, painter, well the community in general. It's been almost 10 years I follow his work and he still impress me.
Feng continue your good work, your podcast and everything.
Again thanks you for your amazing work!!!
+saitansky ho and BTW can we expect a foundation 3 book :)
this podcast literally changed my life :D ty so much for the wake up call Feng! :)
how is your life after 5 years? did you manage to get into art job?
Ppl are so annoying in every single old comment "hurr durr did you become a master after all these years"
mind your own business ya dorks
That James Gourney Book is 'Color and Light: A Guide for the realist painter"
therenegadeartist now what's a good book on composition?
@@crispwhite9068 Framed Ink by Macros Mateu-Mestre
One of the major potential problems with double-digit hours a day dedication is health. I went the 15-ish hours a day route, which resulted in messed up pinched nerve which got to the point of nearly amputating my arm (if it came to that, I'd probably kill myself, like, I've been drawing since I was born practically), somehow saving it, but after 2+ years, it's still 10-ish times weaker than my left arm, hurts like hell 24/7 and it's very uncertain whether it'll actually heal to a reasonable point (at least to the point of not having to spend half of day lying in agony and other half not lifting things heavier than a spoon).
Now, before potential specific inquiries, I must point out that:
-I did precaution measures as in, pauses, walks, exercises, good eating, stretching etc. while I was on a "leveling quest"
-I consulted a doctor immediatelly, I didn't brush it off and regarded it as being tired or overworked in the beginning until it reached the messed up point. It was already too late the first time I noticed anything (which was slight tingling in the hand).
-I went to ton of doctors, so it wasn't the case of being unlucky with a particular bad specialist
Now, of course, this is something that won't happen to everybody, but I am not exactly prone to such injuries and also, at the time I had already developed some kind of physical habit and tuning to that type of exercise - being through atellier for ~3 years and going through the university for ~5 years for a master degree. That means I practiced for 4-6 hours a day already for years. With no fatigue whatsoever. With no signs of wear and tear, so to speak.
But a mere few months of 15 hours did an irreparable damage and I can only hope to be able to draw at least for more than 10 minutes a day, which I certainly can't for the past two and a half years.
I am not writing this to scare anyone or drive anyone away. I simply feel that this side of furious practicing regime needs to be pointed out as it exists - as in, it's not that rare as one might think. I know a relatively lot of people that literally crippled themselves for life through drawing exercises (especially digitally), the thing is, we get to see those who succeeded.
This is something that can't be taken lightly, it's one of those things you think always happen to someone else or to someone with some kind of affinity or inherent weakness etc. but that's not the case. Too many artists completely ignore this side of things but IF things go wrong (whcih they might, it's not like meteorite hitting you in the head, drawing is one of the more unnatural activities one can do, especially when doing digitally and when sitting) it's one of the most brutal things an artist can experience (I would literally very gladly without a pause cut both my legs off in exchange for getting my old arm back and getting rid of the pain. I would do more than that, I just didn't think of anything at the moment:D).
tl;dr - this is a real factor and I think it should be, well, factored in. Please, guys, don't go all in, exercise, stretch, socialize, make small breaks, go see a doctor at THE SMALLEST SIGN of anything. Draw for significant amount of hours a day, but always weigh it against this factor. Maybe your body CAN'T do 15 hours a day for six months without going into an irreparable damage. Maybe someone could go 22 hours per day for 30 years. Maybe. But please, don't try and find out your limits by breaking them.
+mrdoolio thats most pros recommand 3-5 hrs of practice with breaks instead of 20 hrs straight.
Armendicus
Maybe it's a new trend, I haven't been "around" for the past six months or so:)
I mean, when I was "pushing it", the whole "I bought a ferrari on leasing so I have to make myself work 38 hours a day or die" thing was reaaaally in the spotlight, so to speak.
Every interview, every stream, every podcast, rising concept artists and illustrators were advocating that approach.
And many people embraced it without questioning it, because it was pretty much the only feedback from the top artists regarding practice regimes. I personally know at least several concept artist who have either messed up their back or neck or have chronic pains etc.
Of course, one might say "it's obvious you'll get fucked up if you push it that much", but it's kinda not obvious while you are doing it, especially with the united voice of top rising young artists are repeating that mantra. And it takes toll only after the fact, which is the worst part.
I am using my example because I KNOW there are many aspiring artists who don't think about potential consequences because while you are doing it, it doesn't FEEL like you are overextending yourself. Your body is very good at presenting itself to you as undamaged until it breaks. That, combined with person being young and not exactly aware of possibility of permanent or major damage due to feeling of powerful vigor can be devastating.
If artists have started to downplay the whole mystical 234 hours a day thing, that's very good news.
Yeah I see ,now that I think of it I've seen that mentality before .Yeah learned from algenpfleger ,whom I idolized , when hurt his wrist badly n it changed his artwork.
@Ivan Matveyev yeah sure and then he destroys this too. then he can paint with his mouth, right? and if that doesn't work anymore because his teeth fall out, he can still stick the pencil up his bum and try to draw this way. jesus. destroying yourself over your career is never worth it. we can and should push past limits like laziness and sluggishness but if your health is fucked up, you can fuck your career as well.
Maybe try to draw less and spend more time thinking/observing/studying your subject, you don't necesseraly need to put pen on paper to practice. Also try different mediums, standing/sitting position, paper size....I'm pretty sure when Feng mention 6 hours per day of drawing, it's not just 6h hours of the physical act of drawing, that'd be silly.
It’s amazing how a podcast from 8 years ago is so relatable to me now. Sucha huge slap and a wake up call. Thank you Feng Zhu, you’te a treasure. The content is so rich and packed.
5-6 hours a day sounds about right. Work makes it hard but its doable.
+Maxpound I respect the people who go for the 5-6 hours after a 8 hour day job, gotta have some balance by keeping up your health with fitness sports ect. Hope i ll get through that phase, so i can make a living with Concept Art/Design. Good Luck to everyone!
Same, I'm studying mech. engineering degree and its really hard after 7 am to 6:30 pm college to come home and study art.
RIP sleep
work and commute really chunks off alot of my freetime, i have like 3-4 hours when i get back home from work, so this really isnt doable for me
fuck my country and its traffic
I can only work about 2h per night, but I see a lot of improvement since I started 1 year ago.
@@corruptqc8334 I think it's the best approach when you have something going on by day. If you're wise about how you practice, you can get pretty nice result!
I used to do 3hrs at night after college and homeworks
8h sleep + 8h work + 1.5h transition (work-home) + 1h gym + 1h stuff (bath, cooking, eating, housework, etc) + 0.5h for my family + 1h for reading, art research, etc. + 2h for schoolism watching + min 6h for drawing = I need to live on the other planet to become a good artist :)
But there are a good working advices in the video (at first ~40min I thought it is just about everybody must go to art university).
You forgot to brush your teeth buddy.
I'll tell ya what. I graduated from Academy of Arts but I didn't spend nearly that much time doing art a day and really just did the bare minimum to get through my classes. Now that I have been studying on my own and choosing which "classes" I want to take (I actually made myself a class schedule with modules and HW for each - right now I'm taking Anatomy 101 and 201 and Character Design 101 -- Part of my program is to upload a video to this channel at the end of each module covering what I learned) I've seen vast improvements. Probably getting close to 5-6 hours each day and it has a lot to do with the HW I give myself like Feng was saying. Also, just draw all the time while you're watching tv, talking with friends, eating, and the time will add up.
hi, im studying art by myself, and have always wanted someone to help me get like a program i can follow to improve, rn im doing draw a box, next i think i will do some perspective and portraits, could you share the way you made those classes for yourself?? that would be really helpfull
AAU fucking sucks man. Waste of fucking time and money, you enjoyed all those English, history, and math classes you gotta get through while other people actually use that time to get better at art? xD
This video/podcast was really helpful to me, I needed a slap in the face about the "watching tutorials isn't practicing drawing".
Much appriciated, thanks for all your advice!
I wish I had listened to this podcast 3 years ago
hell make it 10
now its 3 years ago how it go?
Same here
How about now?
3 years have passed, How r ur art man?
I don't usually comment, but I had to say this podcast has really changed my perspective and has really helped motivate me. Thank you so much.
i'm teaching myself art with the help of the internet, and you're right i really can't do it with my family cos they're distracting LOL!
can't really afford my own place or a studio place, so i just go to the library. 9 am to 9 pm when the library opens to when it closes.the library folks must think i have no life
+Lucky interesting idea
+Lucky And quiet!
+Lucky I did the same thing. :)
+Lucky I must ask what is the schedule like? Is there a good amount of research hours or is it purely drawing for 12 hours?
I would say do the research first, then put in the hours. like gather all the refenrece photos first and then use them. i just created a new schedule yesterday, can share if you want to know
:)
You just explained my life and everything I am doing wrong and what I should be doing. I don't know how to get myself to push myself to follow through!
no video games until you do that study
The podcasts are awesome Feng! I work so much nowadays I literally run out of music to listen to..I often play one of your painting demos in the background but that doesn't work 100% because I have to always take a glance now and then... but the podcasts... I would listen to them all day everyday.. who wouldn't listen to good advice from a professional..
Excellent advice here not only for how to start but also boosting morale. Very important when you're sitting there on your own creating art.
Finally taking Feng’s advice and doing 5hrs most days now, while working my crappy full time day job. Covering so much more material & studies even compared to the 3hrs i was doing previously, & seeing improvements quicker. Thanks Feng👌🏻
"git gud" - Feng Zhu
Love your stuff man and i'm never giving up!
Thank you Feng for taking the time to make this! I really wish someone could have told me this when I was younger...especially since my improvement had been slowing down the past few years because I never knew how to actually push myself in terms of art,so I always mistook drawing everyday as the only way to getting better.Thank you again for the advice!
Thank you so much Feng Zhou-this was such a much-needed reality check! :-) A bunch of this sounded like a who's-who of my old excuses. I won't make those sort of excuses anymore. I can do 5-6 hrs. a day plus, just like you said, and I don't need fancy equipment, just a pen and paper. That's all I really need. Time to kick laziness in the butt and really start enjoying this process of learning. Who's with me?
How has it been for you 4 years later
thank you so much for this.
I just want to say thanks man becasue ive been trying to teach my self for a while now and its been pretty discouraging, but know i realize it can get better with more work, effort, and education! Thanks Feng!
I'm going to die with a belly full of coffee and a pencil in my hand
Holy shit, when you talked about the gap of hours, it made me think a lot. I need to stop procrastinating.
Didn't prefer podcasts over your traditional paint and narrate videos...not until I heard them :) This is amazing and so helpful to listen to while drawing. Thank you Feng & family!
I was doing it on my own. Then I started a drawing school. A HUGE difference. It is absolutely possible to improve on your own but all he said about an art school is true.
i'm doing this a year already
i can see a vast improvement on my work
This may be 4 years old, but that only proves that Wisdom is Timeless. Thanks Sir!
So that's where Feng got his favorite sound effect: "BOMP! BOOM!"
Damn I love this dude
I love this episode, it really reaffirms a lot of ideas going through my head right now. I doubt I could physically maintain 16 hours a day for very long, so I will have to be in that 5-8 hour percentage, lol. Thanks for the great episode, one of my favorites.
Love this vid Feng!
It feels like a I've had a reality check, I've hardly put in more than 2 hours drawing each week.
Maybe I thought just getting through university would get me the skills for the industry. I don't know, I probably had many excuses. This has been a real eye opener and I'm so glad you've done this podcast. Thank you.
ooo dats bad only two hours? lmao dont worry i draw everyday but for like 30 minutes
So glad I've found another great thing to listen to while doing drawing practise! Thank you for sharing your insight! :D
Don't listen to anything during practice. Feng Zhu did say he listens to podcasts, but he's already a seasoned professional. In the famous animating book, Animator Survivor's Kit. Richard Williams, while listening to music asked his mentor something like, 'why don't you listen to something music while working." His mentor replied "I'm not smart enough to think about two things at once." And his mentor was a genius, so he quit. Also, I read that listening to something while working promotes complacency, not growing. Never let yourself go on auto-pilot.
Thank you for your reply. I guess personally I have a problem with my mind becoming distracted and noisy when I am drawing if it doesn't have something auditory to latch onto as well, though this may be due to a bad habit. Do you think I should try to work on making my mind more focused while drawing without listening to anything?
I would 100% cut podcasts out, music might be okay for some activities. Definitely experiment with having an active train of thought, so keep asking questions, verbally notice patterns. It will make you more consciousness, which can help a lot. You should google 'freakonomics how to become great in just about anything'. It's a podcast, which is ironic given I'm recommending you don't listen to them. They talk about this, and other concepts like deliberate practice vs vague practice. They tell the story of a couch who is like 50, he keeps breaking a bunch records (to which he credits to always keeping a train of thought, and never letting himself go on auto-pilot).
However, this can be boring, hard, and tiring. So, if you're doing the first part (5 hours a day of just drawing stuff you like.) You might want to listen to podcasts or music (relax your mind).
I agree with what you say about it being relaxing to the mind to listen to music while you draw, but I do also think I am guilty of the 'vague practice' you mentioned. I was also thinking that wordless music must be better, as it doesn't interfere so much with train of thought. I think I will try to keep a balance of doing most of my practice without music, but some with music to relax, rather than doing all my practice with music. Thank you for your advice!
You're welcome, stay strong through your journey.
I have 3 week projects and spend about 4-5 hours a day drawing the first week. The third and sometimes second week I stay up almost every night working for about 9 hours a night and I have 6 hours at school. My 3 week projects include anywhere from 6 -15 fully rendered and detailed peaces, dozens of studies and sketches and sheets covered with random ideas for that project that might or might not be used. Then there are students that spend a few hours drawing the night before the project is due and they have a single peace assigned. Almost no one in my department cares about their work and they still get good grades
but the difference I think in long term you have more resources, background, and performance = better profession if you are in the academic stuff I think.
I just wanted to say a HUGE THANK YOU! I only recently decided to take this seriously and have been struggling a lot. Just floating around, drawing and getting discouraged constantly and life doesn't make it any easier.. Your pointers have given me motivation and finally a path to follow! I'm so soooo grateful to you! THANK YOU!
This was great. I've never been able to properly apply the whole 'reward' system into my day, but what I decided today, was "If I work on this illustration for the entire duration of this podcast, I'll let myself play a bit of Killing Floor 2."
That said, I'm off to play, but I'm far from being done today.
I've been subbed to this channel for years, and you've yet to make a single video I didn't find helpful (although there are a few videos I haven't watched yet).
Edit: lol@me. I'm watching EP 5, and you just said to not do what i'm doing. D:
Thanks for this podcast, it came on the perfect time for me!
This channel is a huge inspiration for me. Thanks for the uploads!!
I get so motivated and end up producing a lot better work after listening/watching Design cinema videos. I can't even begin to express how much I've learned from them and how many times I went back to working instead of playing because of them :D Thank you.
Thanks man, I was working for my internship but only on half level. I putted on your podcast and got really motivated. Decided to reach that 6 hours a day. Thank you sir
I'm being mentored by another concept artist and learning a ton from it, and that's not including what I learn from videos and imitating how artists create their work, but I dropped out of high school so I don't have time to redo any of that to get in some nice college, which quite frankly I don't regret that decision much.
5-6 hours a day got it! thats almost 2k a year, and a school program is about 5k. now i will hit these nrs even better
Just watch out for your health.
Hello Feng, I am one of those people who decided to study on its on to become a concept artist and your channel is a great sorce of inspiration and wistom for me. I am building my portfolio based on your episode on "how to build a concept art portfolio" and I would like to ask you a questions which hopefully you can cover in one of your episodes.
The questions are:
- what is the difference between ENVIRONMENTS, SETS, COLOR COMS, PRODUCTION PAINTINGS? (you have mentioned that its important to have those in your portfolio but its hard for me to tell which one is which)
- can you provide us with a definition for each? (pretty please)
- whats the best way to present a character/ creature? should we add a background to the character? or dont bother with that at all? (i kinda have mixed feelings)
- what kind of lineart pieces can i add to my portfolio? (characters/ creatures/ environments/ sets/ props/ color comps/ vehicles/ prod. paintings) I do love lineart and i would like to add some of them in my portfolio but im not sure which of those montioned before is good to have in a portfolio.
Thank you very much again for the videos and everything you do :)
Thank your for the shoutout to PA
Oh wow! Thank you, this was exactly the reality-check I needed!
I was literally falling into EVERY pitfall you mentioned. Especially building a 'national-history-museum - worthy, reference collection .....and then convincing myself that it was work towards the goal! Lol. I even convinced myself that playing minecraft was helping me think in 3D xD
Thank you so much, from an enlightened (and also freed-from-the-shackles-of-bs-excuses ) amateur :D
The big thing for me is I want to go to FZD but it would cost like $60,000, closer to $100,000 if you did both years (all fees and like a very low living fund)
That's really expensive.
They say they could never do online courses, or that their online courses are basically these videos- but they don't really give you the examples of what that homework that is so important really is. I feel like if they did an online course, that was cheaper than in school accordingly, even if it was just for self teaching with almost no teacher interaction whatsoever- it would sell well.
This is my favorite episode so far, I can relate to it so much. I had to leave school for some reasons and since then it's been a year and half and I haven't finished any practice what so ever and wasted lots of time doing almost everything you're not suppose to do to improve.
THANK YOU, this is SO sobering and honest. Very badly needed. Thanks FZD for all the great & genuine advice
I would like to defend life drawing. Life drawing instills a discipline of observation and teaches the mind how things work and fit together. In the latter point, drawing a grandfather clock teaches me mechanisms that perhaps I neither understand nor can explain, but contributes to the "correctness" of whatever timepiece I choose to invent thereafter. I believe it should be counted as part of the fundamentals.
Hi Feng, first thank you so much for posting these videos and podcasts over the years. I understand first hand how difficult it is to produce quality content and information such as this, on top of your regular work schedule. So a big round of applause to you for making the effort all this time.
Thank you for this podcast, it is encouraging and motivating. The difficulty is that I literally do not have much free time. Combined with my full time job (which I need to support my family), looking after my family and doing housework, I have around 1.5 hours (max.) each weeknight. On weekends, I probably have around three hours per night.
On top of this my brain is usually quite tired by the time I am "free" (typically 10pm at night). So even in the times at night that I have pushed myself, I found I was not as efficient, because I have given the best of my mental energies during the day to my full time job. Therefore I've found myself learning slowly, and probably not in a "smart" way.
(Even posting these comments is eating into my spare time, which I could use to learn drawing and painting. Hahah.)
In trying to use up any other available time I can think of, I have attempted to draw while catching public transport to work, with limited success, because sometimes the bus trip feels chaotic, and often there is only (squashed) standing room. :)
If you have any tips on how I can work smarter or more efficiently with my limited time, I am all ears. Thank you and please keep up the great work!
Great info! I am older and dont have any desire to change careers. I just want I be able to draw and have fun. Cant do 5hrs... I'll give what I can though. I understand my goals and am committed. Again, great advice.
This is the Firas Zahabi of artists..experienced, well read and compassionate
Thanks for podcast :)
I work 10 hrs per day so I'll do 4, weekends I'll increase my workload. This vid told me everything I needed and then some, thanks a bunch.
I clicked this rolling my eyes and thinking it was gonna be a snoozefest but found some of the ideas very helpful. Also, appreciate the honesty that went into this: It would've been much easier and in FZ's interest to just paint (no pun intended!) schools like the end-all-be-all of concept art education. Bravo, Feng!
My moral booster is motivational speeches, they keep me pushing
I listen this podcast 10 times and keep listening.
Another thing Feng Zhu is that you need balance in your life. Yes you've worked hard and made a lot of money. You teach your single students your work ethic but you're missing a vital part. You need time for exercise, family and loving supportive partner. Without those all you have is work in your life and no real substance. I hope that you have a supportive girlfriend or wife because this work ethic you're proposing sounds mighty lonely.
I concur with the idea, you have to go out, set up a small place for yourself. Your family always is the first enemy on your way. Their love, their concerns find the way to you and destroy your moment absolutely although you alert them, warn them. Don't make these problems turn into stress, move out, set up a small place, focus even just 45 minutes. Or you gonna waste your time, your spirit.
Being a in community of like-minded people definitely helps, I can feel it very strongly that I'm missing this, not specifically in the area of art, but my main thing, which si film. A lot of things are relatable between those two.
Absolutely love your podcasts Feng! Love from Germany!
Feels abit like 10 years too late but I think I'm going to listen to this every day now :) great motivational speaker.
These talks are really motivational, I hope you keep making more and more.
Thank you very much Feng! This is not only helpful, but also very inspiring to work harder and achieve greater results!
This postcad is rock af, such a huge slap/ wake up call...!!
Thank you so much for a video on this subject.
It's cool to hear podcasts like this. I was in this on-off thing for years but. Some months I was drawing every day for several hours, then I stopped and started again and so on.
I finally know clearly, that I just don't want it bad enough. It's just too much stress, it's too competitve. I don't see, how it can be enjoyable, to drain yourself that hard for the rest of your life. If it was enjoable, then Feng would not have stopped doing concept Art himself. Instead he has companies and people working for him.
+macheifach But he still does concept art as freelancer on the side, i think? I know he has mentioned it in videos before, but it may have changed.
Thanks a lot for the tips Feng Zhu. I can see the passion for sharing knowledge. I have been a fan for years.
You are not only an amazing artist but also a great teacher with great observation! I was totally confused, overwhelmed and felt lost in the sea of information and pressure. But your videos help me! I have learned that if you put your energy into something it will lead you somewhere, even if it's only finding out that you're wasting time right now, that realization alone takes you further! Thank you. And .. oh my god I was like oh yeh a reward system is kinda hard for me because of my low pride or interest in acknowledgement but then I thought man I want a tea right now. And there it was. Gonna stick to that ;)
Great podcast very inspiring and helpful to someone learning on their own. Feng was one of the first people I learned from when I was starting out learning concept art in UA-cam.
It´s always such an inspiration and incredibly motivating to listen to your podcasts! Thank you!
Fundamentals is the interesting and fun stuff. There is so much to learn there!
Thanks Feng! this video hit right at home, I'm guilty of putting way more hours watching videos hopeless thinking my brain will learn the techniques without doing the work.
Feng thank you for doing this ... although i am not pursuing entertainment design, i do find your advice very applicable to what I am learning as well (architecture).... it is a joy to listen to you while i work
Wow! this is as straight up as "The art of war"! Thanks for the a** kicking! needed this!
Awesome advice.
I'd love to listen that before. Gotta hardwork Feng! Thank you so much. ( Even being 2021 ).
Omg.. thank God I found this podcast..I'm gonna work my sock off!!!!
Thank you very much Mr. Feng for this.
Hey Feng, super nice podcast man!!! Will work hard on this tips. But something i would like to see you comment is about the relationship with the producer. Some episodes back you said you always had one and it is super helpful, but i honestly have no idea what the producer should do or how much to pay for him. I would appreciate if you could talk a little bit about this on some Q&A or some other podcast. Thanks a lot man!!!
Thanks Feng. This podcast was very insightful for the self training artists.
I wish i listened to this in ap art but this alone is a morale booster. I’m trying to revive the idea of super robots and the mecha genre.
Why don't you start an online school, Feng Zhu? Seems like there's a huge market for it.
Great tips! Thank you. OMG you didn't eat dinner until you finished homework?! Wow. I watch too many tutorials too! :/ In regards to home study, I found that after I cleared my desk area of EVERYTHING!!!! but my PC and my tablet, I was unable to concentrate at all. I had too many art supplies and craft stuff everywhere, I put it all in storage and TaaDaa! I can focus now. I also get up very early and go to bed early. I stopped staying up late with my husband and his pals watching TV till 4 am. That helped immensely, it's hard at first separating yourself, but being happy with yourself for putting forth real effort is more rewarding than watching TV with friends!
Seriously, though - don't forget to eat. It's very easy to develop ulcer's by keeping the stomach empty and you'll fuck yourself up long term. Every freelancer has had bizarre hours and skipped meals, but - like sleep & exercise - some things need to be planned in.
Big tanks Feng for this episode. So much motivation, passion and valuable information in just one hour. Time to dive deep into this :-)
Golden tips about life and drawing, thanks a lot.
Loving these! keep them coming! thanks for this Feng Zhu!
Thank you very much for making these :) A nice thing to look forward to after a very busy week
Man you just almost told me what I wasn t sure it s right and almost gave up because of it, thank you so much
Thanks for the continued help, Feng! I'm getting a strange mental block, relating to the eye-line (horizon line) and the ground plane. I've been overdrawing perspective on photos and images, practicing with the old ruler, and even in Sketchup. Anyone have a suggestion on something to practice specifically to help with this block/problem. It only really presents a problem when I pre-plan a drawing. Everything either feels too foregroundish or too backgroundish. This is a shot in the dark. Feng, keep up the videos and podcasts. I've been watching for years now. It really helps an amateur like myself interested in the meta of art as I have time to practice.
So much useful information, thank you for this!
So what I learned from this....I'm one lazy ass bitch and I'll probably never get to the level I wish.
+MoRo1333 You can do it bro!
+MoRo1333 Yeah this pretty much told me "give up" haha but not in the bad way. I see that I just can't find enough enjoyment in using all my free time to draw. I can only do maybe 30m to 2 hr a day. Maybe then I should pursue something else I love.
Zachary Conti Makes sense bro. I actually had the opposite revelation about 6 months ago. it's good to draw closer to your true life's purpose and away from what isn't (y)
+MoRo1333 Words have power... If you say you won't, then you won't. But it's within everyone's power to change themselves. Laziness is a habit, and any habit can be modified with repetition. I'm super lazy too naturally, but having to teach myself to draw for 10 hours a day to work as a digital illustrator. It's almost excruciating to endure painting that long every day.. But I can't see myself doing anything else as a job. So that's the moment I realized I had to change myself. Once the habit is formed, it will stop being so hard - it WILL become second nature! But the trick is to endure until the habit is formed... You're not alone.. probably every "artist" out there is lazy in nature.. we just have to get over it because we love to draw/create, and a real job at it requires a heck of a lot of it. Have faith in yourself, in your love to create.. and you'll get to that skill level you wish, and probably surprise yourself with what you're capable of too.
+Zachary Conti 2hr is almost fine man.
ha! :D thats why i listen to this! you can listen while working, I've listened to audiobooks before but this is gold
One of the best Fengs ever. Thanks! learned a lot.
even that i don't understand some of words but this Podcast help me allot.
Thank you master.
Ahh damn I wish I could go to GDC! My friends are going as guests and I'm hella envious - especially since you're going too, Feng!
Great episode! Thanks a lot for sharing. :)
How do i know if i'm doing the right thing with my education?
Sometimed i feel like i spent a week walking in circles and doing same crap regessing rather than getting better.
+Captain Katawa Hey, just random advise, check out Sycra's video on "Iterative Drawing" - I also made a vid on my channel sharing my favorite online art resources if your interested in that. Sometimes when i feel like I'm regressing I'm just a couple days away from a major breakthrough. Hope that'll be some help!
tanks!
+Captain Katawa Joining an art community helps, since you can get critiques, stuff like sycra/net forums or conceptart.org
Captain Katawa / omg same i started to learn how to draw the head and head angles and practiced it for 3 months and i can do it quickly but there are some angles i cant really do. so do i move on to eyes or do i keep doing those boring heads again? (very boring now) So basically when i feel like ive been practicing for a while, i cant see any progress
thanks for the podcast. Really inspiring.